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 2005 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
| CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (Fantasy, Adventure, Magic, Family, Religion, Adaptation)
PLOT: Author C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, published in 1950, tells the story of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, separated from their parents during World War II. They are sent to the country and find a magic wardrobe that transports them to the mystical world of Narnia. AUTHOR: C. S. Lewis
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| MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Drama, Romance, Japan, World War II, Betrayal, Adaptation)
PLOT: Just prior to World War II, a young Japanese girl is taken from her impoverished family to work in a geisha house. Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) rises through the ranks to become one of the country's most famous geishas. But all the while, she's haunted by feelings for a man she met in her youth (Ken Watanabe). AUTHOR: Arthur Golden
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Fantasy, Magic, Witchcraft, Wizardry, England, Adaptation)
PLOT: Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Tri-Wizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. The competition turns into more than just a game when the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his followers decide to play along. AUTHOR: J. K. Rowling
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| IN HER SHOES (Drama, Sisters, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Adaptation)
PLOT: Maggie (Cameron Diaz), the consummate party girl, clashes with her head-on-straight lonely sister, Rose (Toni Collette). After a falling out with her sister, Maggie heads to Florida to find her grandma (Shirley MacLaine), whom she's never met. Will finding her grandma help Maggie and Rose to find themselves? AUTHOR: Jennifer Weiner
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| BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Romance, Cowboys, Adaptation)
PLOT: Routine fishing trips between two men instead become sexual escapes as the men find comfort in each other, while their wives wait at home. The controversial film from director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, with Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway portraying their estranged wives. AUTHOR: Annie Proulx
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2005 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 Amityville Horror, The |  Amityville Horror, The (1977) | Jay Anson | | Asylum | Asylum (1996) | Patrick McGrath | | Be Cool | Be Cool (1999) | Elmore Leonard | | Because of Winn-Dixie | Because of Winn-Dixie (2000) | Kate DiCamillo | | Bee Season | Bee Season (2000) | Myla Goldberg | | Breakfast on Pluto | Breakfast on Pluto (1998) | Pat (Patrick) McCabe | | Brokeback Mountain | Brokeback Mountain (1998) | Annie Proulx | | Capote | Capote: A Biography (1988) | Gerald Clarke | | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1963) | Roald Dahl | | Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Chronicles of Narnia (1950) | C. S. Lewis | | Chumscrubber, The | Chumscrubber, The (story) (1950) | Arie Posin | | Cock and Bull Story, A | Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Esq. (1950) | Laurence Sterne | | Constant Gardener, The | Constant Gardener, The (2001) | John Le Carr | | Constantine | Hellblazer: Original Sin (comic) (1992) | Jamie Delano | | Crow, The: Wicked Prayer | Crow, The: Wicked Prayer (2000) | Norman Partridge | | Dark Water | Dark Water (2004) | Koji Suzuki | | Dark, The | Sheep (1994) | Simon Maginn | | Derailed | Derailed (2003) | James Siegel | | Duma | How It Was With Dooms: A True Story From Africa (1997) | Xan Hopcraft | | Elektra | Elektra (comic) (1997) | Frank Miller | | Everything Is Illuminated | Everything Is Illuminated (2002) | Jonathan Safran Foer | | Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four (comic) (2002) | Stan Lee | | Fever Pitch | Fever Pitch (1992) | Nick Hornby | | Great Raid, The | Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor, The (1994) | William Breuer | | Greatest Game Ever Played, The | Greatest Game Ever Played, The: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf (2002) | Mark Frost | | Guy X | No One Thinks of Greenland (2001) | John Griesemer | | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) | J. K. Rowling | | Hating Allison Ashley | Hating Allison Ashley (1984) | Robin Klein | | History of Violence, A | History of Violence, A (1997) | John Wagner | | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (1979) | Douglas Adams | | Hostage | Hostage (2001) | Robert Crais | | Ice Harvest | Ice Harvest (2000) | Scott Phillips | | In Her Shoes | In Her Shoes (2002) | Jennifer Weiner | | Jarhead | Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles (2003) | Anthony Swofford | | Just Like Heaven | If Only It Were True (2000) | Marc Levy | | Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang | Bodies Are Where You Find Them (1941) | Brett Halliday | | Left Behind: World at War | Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind (1996) | Tim F. LaHaye | | Loverboy | Loverboy (2001) | Victoria Redel | | Memoirs of a Geisha | Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) | Arthur Golden | | MirrorMask | MirrorMask (story) (1997) | Neil Gaiman | | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1971) | Elizabeth Taylor | | Munich | Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (1984) | George Jonas | | Must Love Dogs | Must Love Dogs (2002) | Claire Cook | | Nanny McPhee | Nurse Matilda (stories) (2002) | Christianna Brand | | Nearing Grace | Nearing's Grace (1979) | Scott Sommer | | North Country | Class Action: The Story of Lois Jensen and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law (2002) | Clara Bingham | | Oliver Twist | Adventures of Oliver Twist, The (2002) | Charles Dickens | | Pobby and Dingan | Pobby and Dingan (2000) | Ben Rice | | Pride and Prejudice | Pride and Prejudice (1813) | Jane Austen | | Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, The | Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, The: How My Mother Raised 20 Kids on 25 Words or Less (2001) | Terry Ryan | | Proof | Proof (play) (2001) | David Auburn | | Red Eye | Red Eye (story) (2001) | Carl Ellsworth | | River King, The | River King, The (2000) | Alice Hoffman | | Sahara | Sahara (1992) | Clive Cussler | | Separate Lies | Separate Lies (1951) | Nigel Balchin | | Shopgirl | Shopgirl (2000) | Steve Martin | | Sin City | Sin City (1992) | Frank Miller | | Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The | Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The (1991) | Ann Brashares | | Sound of Thunder, A | Sound of Thunder, A (1977) | Ray Bradbury | | Thank You for Smoking | Thank You for Smoking (1994) | Christopher Buckley | | Thumbsucker | Thumbsucker (1999) | Walter Kirn | | Unfinished Life, An | Unfinished Life, An (2004) | Mark Spragg | | War of the Worlds | War of the Worlds (1898) | H. G. Wells | | Where the Truth Lies | Where the Truth Lies (2003) | Rupert Holmes | | Work and the Glory: American Zion | Like a Fire is Burning (1991) | Gerald N. Lund | | Zathura | Zathura: A Space Adventure (2002) | Chris Van Allsburg |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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